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  • Waste in Brazil Presentations

    Statement to Recognize Waste Collectors as Essential Workers

    The purpose of this statement is to express the Waste Workers Occupational Safety and Health (WWOSH) Committee’s support for the recognition...

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  • Waste Pickers in Colombia during COVID-19 crisis Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 08, 2020

    El reciclaje en Colombia: Un servicio esencial en tiempos de COVID-19

    En un seminario virtual de la serie La voz de las trabajadoras y trabajadores, Nohra Padilla, líder de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá...

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  • Waste Pickers in Colombia during COVID-19 crisis Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 08, 2020

    Recycling in Colombia: An Essential Service in the Time of COVID-19

    In a webinar from WIEGO’s Workers´ Voices series, Nohra Padilla—leader of the Waste Pickers Association of Bogotá and ANR—shares with other...

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  • Four working women wearing masks Project

    COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study

    WIEGO and our partners are listening long and hard to informal workers through our multi-city study: COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy....

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 17, 2020

    Ne pas nuire aux travailleuse·eur·s : pourquoi le harcèlement des travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel nuit à la santé publique et à la reprise économique

    Les vendeuse·eur·s de rue de Mexico fournissent de la nourriture à un prix abordable, dans des endroits en plein air, aux populations souffrant...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods September 16, 2020

    No hacer daño: Por qué el acoso a las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal perjudica la salud pública y la recuperación económica

    Las vendedoras y vendedores ambulantes de la Ciudad de México están brindándoles alimentos accesibles, al aire libre, a las poblaciones con...

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  • Waste pickers collecting recyclables on Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 15, 2020

    Le gouvernement ghanéen laisse les récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux se débrouiller seul·e·s face à la pandémie de la COVID-19

    En pleine pandémie COVID-19, alors que les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel du monde entier luttent pour gagner leur vie, le gouvernement...

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  • Waste pickers collecting recyclables on Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 15, 2020

    El gobierno de Ghana deja desamparadas a las personas recicladoras en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19

    En medio de la pandemia de COVID-19, mientras las personas trabajadoras en empleo informal de todo el mundo luchan por sobrevivir, el gobierno...

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  • Operation against street vendors in Lima. Photo: César Takeuchi Post
    Livelihoods September 08, 2020

    Do no harm: Why harassment of informal workers hurts public health and economic recovery

    Street vendors in Mexico City are providing affordable food, in open-air settings, to food-insecure populations. Waste pickers in Accra provide...

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  • Waste pickers in Dakar, Senegal News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study September 02, 2020

    Les récupérateurs de Mbeubeuss sensibilisent et distribuent des masques

    Les récupératrice.eur.s de la décharge de Mbeubeuss, à Dakar, n’ont pas attendu le soutien de l’Etat. Elles.Ils ont  pris les devants...

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